Garment-supporter.



G. R. HUBBARD. GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1909.

1,007,206, Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH CO.,WASIIINGTON D c GEORGE E. 'HUBBARD, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented o r. 3-1, 1911.

Application filed May 27, 1809. Serial No. 498,666.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ypsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to garment support ers and particularly to that type known in the art as suspenders.

The object of the invention, is to dispense with the use of buttons and buttonholes and to provide a device which may be readily attached and detached from the garment and which will be firmly held in place.

A further object of theinvention is the provision of a device of this character which will accommodate itself to any thickness of garment and thereby avoid the necessity of providing a special fastener for thick or thin garments.

The device is especially adaptable for mens trousers but may be used as a supporting device where any style of garment supporter is necessary.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the append ed claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suspender tab showing my im proved fastening device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view through a trousers band showing the eyelets employed in connection with such a fastener.

Referring more especially to the drawings and particularly to Fig. 1, 1 represents a common form of suspender tab having secured thereto adjacent the usual buttonhole portion a clamp member 2, having pivoted in its lower end, a suspension hook 3 which has intermediate its length, an upstanding portion 1, for a purpose which will be hereinafter described. At the lower end of the tab, I secure a projecting stud 5, which is provided with a series of circumferential notches adapted to receive the looped end of a supporting clamp 6 which has its upper separated ends connected to the hook 3, on either side of the projection 4. This projection limits the inward movement of the legs of the clamp and the outer arms of. the hook limit 'its outward movement. The clamp is composed preferably of spring wire and its looped end is formed into the shape of the figure 8 so that as the intermediate aperture formed is engaged by the stud 5, the loop expands and the legs which are connected to the hook, contract or move toward each other and permit the loop to slip over the head of the stud and lie in one of the grooves or channels formed therein. In the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the outer end of the loop is adapted to act as a handle whereby the clamp may be engaged and disengaged with the stud. It will be noticed that as the stud is provided with a plurality of these channels and is relatively long, that the device may be used upon thick or thin garments or it may be passed through the under-garments and the outergarments so as to support both.

In Fig. 2, the garment illustrated at 7 is shown as provided with an eyelet 8, through which the stud passes to be engaged by the clamp 6.

It will be observed that the hook 3 forms a flexible connection between the tab and the clamp 6 so that the clamp may hang parallel with the tab and, consequently, will not pass across the axis of the stud at such an angle thereto as will permit its accidental release from the stud by the pressure of the garment. It will also be noted that the upper portions of the sides of the clamp are parallel and that they are crossed to form the stud-engaging loop, the crossing portions forming a guard to prevent the stud rising from its engagement with the loop under the ordinary movements of the wearer. If the parallel side portions of the clamp be pressed together, the loop will be expanded and disengaged from the notches in the stud and the clamp may then be swung over the end of the stud without causing any wear on any portion of the loop or the stud and the garment may be easily removed. When the pressure on the parallel side portions of the clamp is removed, the resiliency of the loop returns the parts to their normal positions and the construction of the suspending hook 3 is such that free play of the ends of the clamp is permitted while, at the same time, they are prevented from moving to such an extent that the clamp will become disengaged or assume an inoperative position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A garment supporter comprising a tab with a bail pivotally connected thereto and having an upwardly projecting stop thereon a channeled stud secured to the lower end of the tab, a supporting clamp constructed of spring wire bent at its central portion to provide a plurality of lapped loops, said wire being also bent to provide upwardly projecting spaced legs having their terminals movably connected to the bail on opposite sides of the stop, one of said loops adapted to expand when inserted over the stud to engage one of said channels of the stud, said expansion being permitted by means of the contraction of the legs toward said stop, the other loop adapted to disengage the first mentioned loop from said stud.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

JAY E. Moons, ORRON PEPFER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

